23 Notable alumni of
Marist College
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Marist College is 1541st in the world, 533rd in North America, and 501st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 23 notable alumni from Marist College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Bill O'Reilly
- Enrolled in Marist College
- In 1971 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- baseball playerradio personalityteacherpodcasterjournalist
- Biography
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William James O'Reilly Jr. is an American conservative commentator, journalist, author, and television host.
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Eric Adams
- Occupations
- politicianpolice officer
- Biography
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Eric Leroy Adams is an American politician and former police officer who served as the 111th mayor of New York City from 2022 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, Adams was an officer in the New York City Transit Police and then the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for more than 20 years, retiring at the rank of captain. He served in the New York State Senate from 2006 to 2013, representing the 20th district in Brooklyn. In 2013, Adams became the first black American to be elected Brooklyn Borough President; he was re-elected in 2017.
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William Hung
- Occupations
- singeractorpoker player
- Biography
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William Hing Cheung Hung is a Hong Kong-born American motivational speaker and former singer who gained fame in 2004 as a result of his unsuccessful audition singing Ricky Martin's hit song "She Bangs" on the third season of the television series American Idol.
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Rik Smits
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Rik Smits, nicknamed "the Dunking Dutchman", is a Dutch former professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 7-foot-4-inch (2.24 m) center was drafted by the Pacers out of Marist College with the second overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft. An NBA All-Star in 1998, Smits reached the NBA Finals in 2000.
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Sean P. Stellato
- Occupations
- American football playerbasketball playersports agent
- Biography
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Sean P. Stellato is an American sports agent, motivational speaker, and author. A native of Salem, Mass. who lives in the Boston area, he became nationally known after one of his clients, Tommy DeVito, an undrafted rookie, made his NFL debut in Week 8 of the National Football League season at quarterback and led the New York Giants to a victory against the Green Bay Packers.
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Menelik Watson
- Occupations
- basketball playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Menelik Watson is an English former professional American football offensive tackle. He was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the second round of the 2013 NFL draft. He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles.
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Yogananda Pittman
- Years
- 20th Century
- Enrolled in Marist College
- Graduated with Master in Public Administration
- Occupations
- police officer
- Biography
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Yogananda D. Pittman is an American police officer who is the University of California, Berkeley chief of police. She was formerly the assistant chief and acting chief of the United States Capitol Police (USCP), serving in those posts during and after the January 6 United States Capitol attack.
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Julee Cerda
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Julee Cerda is a South Korean-born American actress.
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Jeff Sutphen
- Occupations
- television actortelevision producer
- Biography
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Jeffrey "Jeff" Sutphen is an American actor, producer, and game show host known primarily for his work with Nickelodeon's BrainSurge from 2009 to 2011. From 2012 to 2013, he was the host of the show Figure It Out.
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Joseph Borelli
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph Charles Borelli is an American politician who was formerly the Minority Leader of the New York City Council. In the Council, he represented the 51st District, which encompasses much of the South Shore of Staten Island. He is a Republican and a staunch supporter of Donald Trump. He now works as a political consultant for Chartwell Strategy Group.
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Carlina Rivera
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Carlina Rivera is a former American politician who represented the 2nd district of the New York City Council from 2018 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, her district includes portions of the East Village, Gramercy Park, Kips Bay, Lower East Side, Murray Hill, and Rose Hill in Manhattan.
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James Ciccone
- Occupations
- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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James Ciccone is an American actor. He appeared in three seasons as mob boss Carmine Patriccia in the HBO television drama The Deuce. In 2017 Ciccone appeared in the racially charged bio-pic Crown Heights, written and directed by Matt Ruskin, which premiered in competition as a Grand Jury Nomination at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2017, and won the Audience Award for U.S. Dramatic Film. In 2023 he teamed-up with Ruskin again in Boston Strangler starring Keira Knightley. In 2019, he appeared in The Kitchen, starring Melissa McCarthy and Tiffany Haddish, and the Academy Award nominated films Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Robert De Niro, and Martin Scorsese's The Irishman. In late 2021 he can be seen opposite Michael Keaton in Worth, a drama about the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. He has also appeared in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2022), Law & Order: Organized Crime (2023), American Horror Story (2023).
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Jared Jordan
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jared Ahern Jordan is an American former professional basketball player for various teams in Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He last played for CSU Sibiu of the Liga Națională in Romania during the 2019–20 season.
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Gina Trapani
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Gina Marie Trapani is an American tech blogger, web developer, writer, and technology executive.
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Kathy Liebert
- Occupations
- poker player
- Biography
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Kathleen H. Liebert is an American professional poker player.
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Maureen Magarity
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Maureen Elizabeth Magarity is an American women's basketball coach, whose last job was head coach of the Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team from 2020 to 2024. From 2010 to 2020, she coached New Hampshire.
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Steve Neuhaus
- Biography
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Stefan Michael Neuhaus is an American politician, member of the Republican Party, and the current County Executive of Orange County, New York. When first elected in 2013, Neuhaus was the youngest County Executive in the county's history. He previously served as the Town Supervisor of Chester, New York, from 2007 until 2013. He is also an active member of the United States Navy Reserve and has been deployed internationally four times, two of which were during his time as county executive.
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Daniel Dromm
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Daniel Dromm is an American politician who served on the New York City Council from the 25th district from 2010 to 2021. He is a Democrat. The district includes East Elmhurst, Elmhurst and Jackson Heights in Queens.
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Kevin Byrne
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kevin Byrne is the 6th County Executive of Putnam County, NY and is a former state legislator of the New York State Assembly. He is a registered Republican.
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Paul X. Rinn
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Paul Xavier Rinn was an officer in the United States Navy. He was the first commanding officer of the USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) and was in command when the ship struck a mine in the Persian Gulf on 14 April 1988. He later commanded USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55) and was the Iraqi Embargo Commander in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. He retired in 1997 at the rank of captain.
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Patrick Mara
- Years
- 1975-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Patrick Mara is an American politician, who has served as Chair of the District of Columbia Republican Party since 2021. He previously served as an elected member of the District of Columbia Board of Education from 2010 to 2014.
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Jay Bowie
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Julius "Jay" Bowie is an American professional basketball player who last played for La Union Formosa of the Liga Nacional de Básquetbol. He played college basketball for Marist College before playing professionally in the NBA Development League, Australia, England, Indonesia and Ecuador.
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Seán Sammon
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 79)
- Biography
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Brother Seán Sammon, F.M.S. was the former Superior General of the Marist Brothers order, a role he held from October 3, 2001, until 2009.
